KVR Audio

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:12 pm

Ya,
I know what and why to dither

I haven't been mixing down tunes much in the last year and I was finally getting around to it in SX-2.

I use to insert the UV22 in Cubase VST and see it is still present in SX-2.

When I go to export audio, I have a choice of 16 bit wav. Now isn't that an audiomatic dither?

I figure I need to insert the UV22 on the main insert and then chosose the export 16 bit wav as well (for a CD), but why?

It the 16-bit export not really dithering?

Is the UV22 considered a good dither, or are there better (voxengo elephant?)

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:16 pm

and..

Dandruff · Post by **Dandruff** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:09 pm

yes you have to dither with a plugin. wav-export doesn't dither automaticly ...

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:18 pm

Dandruff wrote:yes you have to dither with a plugin. wav-export doesn't dither automaticly ...

So what is it doing then?

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:37 pm

You only dither down from a higher bit depth, so from 24 to 16 bit. If you're already at 16, you don't need to dither.

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/uv22hr.php

Devon

Dandruff · Post by **Dandruff** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:00 am

iDavid wrote:
Dandruff wrote:yes you have to dither with a plugin. wav-export doesn't dither automaticly ...
So what is it doing then?

it just cuts the bits ...

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:05 am

I usually mixdown in 24bit, then dither to 16bit after any post-production processing. Dont ask me why, but im sure this method has benefits over dithering during mixdown. But please dont quote me on that!

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 7:43 am

thanks all

Cubase SX-2 and Dithering